English, Literature and Languages Research Guide
These Research Guides are intended as starting points for research.
Help is available by using the Ask a Librarian page, email at reference@tarleton.edu, calling (254) 968-9249, or by coming into the library.
Books, Documents, Reports, Journals Titles, AV Materials, Etc.
Tarleton State University Libraries Catalog - Database of all items owned by Tarleton Libraries. Look here for books, government reports, journal titles, videos, CDs, etc. Keyword searching is available.
Can’t Find What You Need In The Catalog?
Ask a librarian - (in person, or e-mail reference@tarleton.edu or call 968-9249) to search the catalog for you.
Library of Texas - Search for Books and Articles from libraries located in Texas. The Library of Texas lets you pick the library collections you search, helping you locate items near you.
WorldCat - Search for the nearest library with the item.
Inter-Library Loan - Ask Tarleton to get it for you.
TexShare card - Check out items and use databases at many other Texas libraries with the same card.
Suggest A Purchase - Let us know what resources would help you.
Databases and Journal articles
FIND BOOKS, MEDIA, DOCUMENTS, ETC:
Tarleton State University Libraries Catalog - Database of all items owned by Tarleton Libraries. Look here for books, government reports, journal titles, videos, CDs, etc. Keyword searching is available.
Can't Find What You Need In The Catalog?
Ask a librarian (in person, or e-mail reference@tarleton.edu or call 968-9249) to search the catalog for you.
WorldCat Search for the nearest library with the item.
Inter-Library Loan Ask Tarleton to get it for you.
TexShare card Check out items from other Texas libraries.
Suggest A Purchase Let us know what resources would help you.
FIND JOURNAL ARTICLES ONLINE
A journal is a collection of articles written by experts on a common topic. Academic or scholarly journals feature research articles written by scholars. Peer-reviewed journals contain articles reviewed and approved by a group of experts.
SEARCH JOURNALS by CATEGORY (SUBJECT) or TITLE.
FIND DATABASE ARTICLES
A database is an online collection of articles, reviews, etc. from many different periodicals (magazines, newspapers and journals) organized by title, date, subject, author, keywords, and more.
Searching Databases- Ebsco search tutorial.
GENERAL INFORMATION ON LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES:
Academic Search Complete Thousands of articles on diverse topics from journals in many different disciplines.
AH Search - The Online Arts and Humanities Citation Index fully covers 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.
Digital Dissertations - Doctoral dissertations and master's theses from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities.
JSTOR is a collection of " archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work."
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts Covers phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics and other aspects of linguistics.
MLA (Modern Language Association of America)- Critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore (1963 -today).
Project Muse The full text of over 100 scholarly journals in language and linguistics, literature, Medieval and Renaissance studies, African-American studies, book history and print culture, and much more (see database for a complete list).
SPECIFIC AUTHORS AND LITERARY WORKS
Gale Literary Index -Search by title or author name, birth date, death date, etc. Includes over 140,000 authors and 180,000 titles. **Find the print versions of literary criticism in Reference section (1st floor).**
Gale Literary Database -A collection of literature databases: Contemporary Authors (CA), Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select), and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB).
Literature Resource Center. Information on authors from all time periods. Search by title, keyword, author type, literary-historical timeline or advanced options.
ProQuest Learning: Literature Search by authors, criticism, reference, multimedia and literary works.
Twayne's Authors Series View full text discussions of an author's works and a chronology of the author's life, or customize a search by genre, gender, nationality, and time period.
CITING SOURCES
Software or websites that format citations are not always correct. Be sure to check your results against a reliable source like a style manual (copies at main level Information Desk).
Examples of how to cite sources.
RESEARCH HELP
Librarians
Stop by the Information Desk on the main level for assistance.
Call us at (254) 968-9249 during library hours.
ASK A LIBRARIAN: Fill out an online form for help with finding information or with a reference question.
Tutorials
Tarleton tips onusing library databases.
Writing Center@ the library
Get expert feedback on your writing on Tues days and Wednesdays from 6:00p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Room 106.
E-Journals and Internet Links
- ELECTRONIC JOURNALS by Category (Subject).
- ELECTRONIC JOURNALS by title.
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INTERNET LINKS
Resources for English and Foreign Languages.
- METALIB: search multiple subject specific databases at once
Quick Definitions
Citation: A written reference to an article, review, book, or other written work.
Index: An alphabetized list of subjects, people, and places mentioned in a written work.
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